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1 posted on 04/20/2010 10:28:51 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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Bulova Missile Designer Blames Swiss Wristwatch Industry For Test Failures-
“Takes a Licking, Stops Ticking”


2 posted on 04/20/2010 10:33:19 PM PDT by bunkerhill7
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"Sometimes [the problem] is poor-quality materials, sometimes it is the lack of necessary equipment to exclude the 'human' factor in production, sometimes it is inefficient quality control," he said.

Sometimes the problem is vodka.

3 posted on 04/20/2010 10:37:16 PM PDT by edpc (Those Lefties just ain't right)
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The Bulava (SS-NX-30) is a three-stage liquid and solid propellant submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM).

Liquid propellant in a sub launched missile? <<Scratching my head>>

6 posted on 04/20/2010 11:02:12 PM PDT by SeeSharp
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Rooskies had quality problems. Who knew.


8 posted on 04/20/2010 11:58:12 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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Design for manufacturability.

Engineers these days can (and do) draw up anything. Those that fail have typically never set foot on a shop floor.


9 posted on 04/21/2010 2:32:24 AM PDT by NY.SS-Bar9 (Tree of Librerty)
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